Curtain-support



H. H.'D|ERKES.

CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLICVATION FILED JAN.6,1921.

Patented Oat. 11,-1921.

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HENRY H. DIERKES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 11, 19ml Application led. January 6, `1.921. Serial No. 435,469.

To all fui/tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. DmRKns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Woodhaven, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedl Curtain-Support, of which the following is a description. v

My invention relates to means for supporting a panel curtain on a door or window, and particularly relates to a device in the nature of a continuous twisted wire adapted to be applied to a window or door frame or separate frame and means to engage the curtain at intervals, at all four sides, if desired.

rlhe general object of my invention is to provide a novel curtain supporting device of the indicated character embodying hooks integral with the stretch of wire and having directly at the bases of the several hooks, loops to receive nails, tacks, or 'other fastening devices. The invention has particularly in view the arrangement of loops making for strength and secure holding of the sup- -port in position as well as making for convenience in securing the device in position on the door, window, or other frame.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front view of a curtain support formed in accordance with my invention, showing the same applied to a door, a supported panel curtain being shown with part broken away;

Fig. 2 is a front view of a portion of the device;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary back view given to clearly show the character of the loops;

Fig. d is a cross section on the line i- 4, Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a front view of the device applied to a separate frame to be applied to a door or window, or to be employed for stretching and drying the curtain.

In Fig. 1 the letter A indicates a portion of the door; B, a. panel curtain; and C, the glass pane in the door to be covered by the curtain.

In carrying out my invention a twisted stretch of wire 10 is provided of any convenient length and integral therewith are hooks 11, the bills 11a of which are adapted to pass through the mesh of the curtain for holding the latter. Directly at the base of each hook 11 and integral with the same and with the twisted wire is a loop 12 adapted to receive a tack or other fastener means to secure the device to a window frame 0;, Fig. 1, or to a separate frame 13, Fig. 5. To provide the loop 12 directly at the juncture of the hook and stretch of twisted wire 10 and interlocked with both, one of the twisted strands le of wire at the base of the hook is bent forwardly at a side of the hook as at 14a and then across the back of the hook as at 14th and formed into the loop 12. From the inner side 14 of the loop 12 the wire is carried laterally outward and returned to forni the shank of the hook 11 and its bill 11, the returned wire at the base of the hook being passed beneath the mentioned bend 14 of the strand and continued as at 14d into the twisted strand at the opposite side of the hook, from which the strand approached. Thus, the loop 12 and hook il mutually brace each other and the loop is disposed conveniently at a side of the hook for readily receiving the fastener.

l would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical detail herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. l support for panel curtains, consisting of a length of twisted wires having hooks integral therewith to be engaged with' the curtain, there being loops directly at the bases of the hooks to receive fasteners, one of .the twisted wires being bent forwardly at a side of each hook, then across the hook at the back, then formed into said loop and continued from the inner side of the loop and returned to form the hook and its bill, the returned wire passing beneath said strand at the mentioned bend thereof and continued into the twisted length of wires at the opposite side of the shank from that at which the strand approached the hook.

2. A support for panel curtains, consisting of a length of twisted wires having hooks integral therewith to be engaged with the curtain, there being loops directly at the 5 bases of the hooks to receive fasteners one at a, side of each hook, then across the hook at Jche beek, then formed into seid loop and continued from the inner side of the loop and returned to form the hook and its hill, 10 the return wire being continued into the twisted length at the opposite side of the hook from the said loop.

HENRY H. DIERKES. 

